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...When we frighten, we frighten by the simplest means," said Ustinov...
...simplest and most, important fact is that the Riverside sites are the most expensive in Cambridge. For the cost of putting up housing for the poor, one could probably put up 50 percent more housing elsewhere. If the poor live in these houses, they could only do so with a rental subsidy. But who is going to pay for it? The Federal government has stopped giving money for housing. Such subsidies can only come from taxpayers. And why would they pay for these, especially when some of these persons would be excluded from riverside housing by quotas for the poor...
...earlier missions established, even the simplest tasks on earth can become extremely complicated in zero-G. When the astronauts tried to eat, for instance, they found that spoons fly off at the slightest touch and salt grains ricochet everywhere; food bags break, scattering their contents, and slices of bread float frustratingly out of reach. Even when they dug into some soft canned tomatoes, the astronauts created a mess; Conrad noted that he was "flinging tomatoes all over the place." Indeed, they had to spend up to 90 minutes each day on simple housekeeping chores...
...picked up a .30-cal. carbine last week and pumped 17 shots into his television set. Several of the shots went through the wall. A terrified neighbor called police, and they promptly arrived to arrest Bishop. Facing one year in jail for disturbing the peace, Bishop offered only the simplest explanation: "Didn't you ever want to shoot your TV?" Said a police spokesman: "Unusual, isn't it?" Perhaps the police in Redding do not watch much television...
...NATURE OF courage and the tenuous link between its moral and physical forms is a confusing, unexplored realm. What appear to be the most demanding alternatives -- charging or refusing to -- are actually only the simplest. If I Die in a Combat Zone poses no answers, only elucidates the basic dilemma. It is eloquent, and it is powerful, and at times, it is even bitterly funny. But it is only a war story...